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Cement and concrete products operator

#79Declining
4/5

Key facts

−2.2%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United States

This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −2.2% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".

The job

Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators (ISCO 8114). Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators monitor and operate machines for manufacturing and finishing precast concrete, bitumen and stone products, and making cast stone for building purposes.

Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.

84 job titles linked to this page

Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.

  • aggregates and asphalt worker
  • asphalt plant operative
  • asphalt plant operator
  • asphalt plant worker
  • asphalt production plant operative
  • asphalt production plant operator
  • asphalt production plant worker
  • asphalt production worker
  • block machine operative
  • block machine operator
  • block moulding machine operative
  • block moulding machine operator
  • block-maker
  • block-making machine operator
  • brick veneer maker
  • cell maker
  • cement and concrete plant worker
  • cement plant worker
  • cement-tile maker
  • cobble stone splitter
  • concrete block machine operative
  • concrete block machine operator
  • concrete block production operative
  • concrete block production worker
  • concrete electrolytic cell maker
  • concrete moulding machine operator
  • concrete pipe machine operator
  • concrete plant operative
  • concrete precast moulder
  • concrete products machine operator
  • cover maker
  • electrolytic cell builder
  • electrolytic cell maker
  • electrolytic cell operations worker
  • granite polisher
  • granule mixer
  • hand grinder
  • hand stone polisher
  • hand tile-moulder
  • marble polisher
  • mobile plant operator
  • mobile plant operator, asphalt
  • plant operative, asphalt
  • plant operative, asphalt production
  • pre-cast concrete products machine operator
  • pre-cast molder
  • pre-cast moulder
  • precast molder
  • precast moulder
  • slate granule mixer
  • slate granule mixer operative
  • slate granule mixer operator
  • slate granule mixer setter
  • slate granule mixer tender
  • slate granule mixer worker
  • slate mixer
  • slate mixing machine operative
  • slate mixing machine operator
  • slate mixing machine setter
  • slate mixing machine tender
  • slate mixing machine worker
  • slate product production operative
  • slate product production operator
  • slate product production worker
  • slate-mixer operative
  • slate-mixer operator
  • slate-mixer setter
  • slate-mixer tender
  • slate-mixer worker
  • splitting machine operative
  • splitting machine worker
  • stone breaker
  • stone fabricator
  • stone polisher
  • stone polishing machine operative
  • stone polishing worker
  • stone sawyer
  • stone splitter
  • stone splitting machine operative
  • stone splitting machine operator
  • stone splitting machine worker
  • surface polisher
  • wet stone polisher
  • worktop polisher

What next?

Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.

Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.

Gauges

Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureLowBLS AI exposure category "low" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookSharp declineBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Rock splitters, quarry; Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders; Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayModestBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $51,828
EntryQuickBLS, typical education needed for entry

No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared

Sources

Checked on 27 October 2026.